Inter Miami CF’s friendly against the Tampa Bay Rowdies wasn’t about the result.

Sure, they wanted to get the win, and they delivered on that with a 1-0 victory over the USL Championship-side Rowdies on Saturday night.

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But the club’s final preseason friendly/scrimmage was about fine-tuning what needed to be adjusted and figuring out what it needed to improve on ahead of its final week of practice before its inaugural game against Los Angeles FC on March 1.

“My biggest takeaway is the growth of the team the whole preseason," coach Diego Alonso said. "I think we’ve done a great job and we’re going to continue improving.”

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Inter Miami walked away with plenty to be content with. Multiple reserves stepped up and showed reasons to be encouraged with defender Román Torres and midfielder Luis Argudo as the lone starters from the Feb. 15 friendly against Philadelphia Union to play on Saturday.

Forward Robbie Robinson, the No. 1 pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, scored the game’s lone goal off an assist from midfielder Jay Chapman at the 21st minute. With multiple defenders flanked around him inside the penalty box, Robinson displayed patience and spatial awareness after receiving Chapman’s pass with a cutback and slotted finish in the goal’s bottom right corner for his first score of the preseason.

“It was a really good run by Jay," Robinson said about the goal. "He made a really good run with the ball down the line. I saw him and I thought he saw me. I went near-post and went back, took the touch, chopped it and placed it with my left foot in the bottom right [of the goal].”

The cutback appears to be a move fans can expect to see a lot from Robinson as he establishes himself in the league.

“I use that a lot," Robinson said. "It’s good.”

Even when not scoring and multiple starters not playing with the team having had a scrimmage against FC Dallas Saturday morning that was closed to the media and public, Inter Miami showcased the possession-controlling, attacking style of play that Alonso wants to implement. They dominated possession early on and consistently kept the ball in the Rowdies side of the field for significant portions of the first half.

Saturday also provided the club’s supporter groups an opportunity to fine-tune their preparations for the regular season, with members of Southern Legion, The Siege and Vice City 1896 greeting Inter Miami players at their hotel before the team started its match at Al Lang Stadium. The groups’ chants and energy provided Inter Miami with a homefield-like atmosphere.

“It’s incredible that [our supporters] traveled so many kilometers to support us in a friendly, it’s wonderful," Alonso said. “Imagine what our home opener is going to be like. We’re happy that the home opener will be sold out. It was also great to have shared today with so many supporters. We felt at home today, we played away but felt like the home team because of our fans.”

The team will wrap up training camp at its training facility this week before starting its regular season against LAFC.

“Just getting that chemistry,” Robinson said about what the team will focus on this week. "It’s a new team. We haven’t been playing a lot with each other, but I already feel like we’re doing a really good job every single day improving and it’s just going to get better. I’m really excited to see what we can do this year.”